"S Narayan" wrote in message


By international convention -ve longitudes apply to west of Greenwich and

Adak really being at +176 indicates it is further West of Casco Cove which

One, or possibly both, of you guys is getting all twisted around with this
"international convention" stuff. (BTW, is that another French idea?)

Adak is at 176W long. Attu is at 173E long. That means that Attu is
farther west than Adak, except to those truly anal types who insist that you
MUST measure eastward, which would place Attu 349 degrees east of Adak. No
one with any sense does this.

Also, both islands are on the same (eastward) side of the Date Line. Attu
is westward of the 180 degree meridian, but the Date Line jogs westward here
to encompass the Near Island group.